Category: Science

A powerful “Kelvin wave,” triggered by this year’s super El Niño , is creeping up the Pacific coast of Central and North America and will

Researchers have discovered an exoplanet that travels around its small, red star backward, much like a rubber duck spinning against the current in a whirlpool.

It’s well-known that regular exercise comes with health benefits, but exactly how those benefits manifest at the cellular level isn’t clear. Now, researchers have identified

Scientists testing potential treatments for sleep apnea made an unexpected discovery. How quickly people react may depend on whether they’re breathing in or out.

Tweety McTreason cannot make clean energy expensive again. He can only make Americans pay extra for it. His tariffs do just that. But cost declines

Ahead of launch of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, with the Dragon spacecraft atop, is vertical at the launch pad of

The 10th century treatment called Bald’s eyesalve attacks microbes in multiple ways. Molecule mixtures from it may inspire modern medicine.

Gaps in early warning systems and community preparedness contributed to the high death toll from Nepal’s debris flow.

Earth’s life-support systems are in peril — and they’re getting worse — but although the window for action is closing, we still have a chance

An artist’s reconstruction of what the newly described bird-like dinosaur (Norellraptor barsboldi) would have looked like. (Image credit: Mr. Zhao Chuang) A predatory bird-like dinosaur

The largest defensive wall at Oued Beht. Archaeologists think its base was constructed about 4,000 years ago.  (Image credit: G. Lucarini, Oued Beht Archaeological Project) Archaeologists

Season 2 follows people losing their ability to speak — and the AI and brain implants helping them find their voices again.

QUICK FACTS Where is it? Caldas Novas, Goiás, Brazil [-17.788739460, -48.70589106] What’s in the photo? A giant, sponge-like dome towering above its surroundings Which satellite

Researchers have warned all summer that this year’s El Niño could be record-breaking and fuel extreme weather across the globe. Earlier this month, the U.K.